Improvement in broiling-apparatus



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IMPROVEMENT IN BROILING-APPARATUS.

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TO ALL WHOM I'l MAY CGNCERN:

Be it known that I, MARY E. A. W. EVARD, of Leesburg, inthe county oi' Loudon, and State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Improved Combined Broiler and Roasting-Oven; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings which are made a part of this spec'ication.

The object oi' this invention is a device for adjustably holding and turning a. piece of meat or a fowl while. broiling or roasting, the meat being suspended within an oven or reiiector, to be applied to the front of the stove before the grate. In the drawings- 4 Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention applied to a stove.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section at :e fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a transverse section at y y, fig. 2.

Figure is a. detached perspective view of the broiler, and

Figure 5 is a similar view ofthe roasting-spit.

A, figs. 1, 2, and 3, may represent the top ofthe stove, which, for the attachment of my invention, is provided with eyes or staples, c, in which the hooks, b b, on the sides of the oyen B, rest. vThe oven B is constructed,

with a. curved back, and sides flaring toward its mouth, so as to form a reiiector to reflect and concentrate theY heat, and cause it to act to a certain extent on all parts of the pieeeof meat being roasted or broiled. Itis provided with a door or flap, C, to close the aperture above the top of the stove, and thus prevent thc escape of heat or scent, and with doors, D, D, and E, Which-are situate-d respectively at its ends and back, and through whichingress is had to its interior, to inspect, turn, and baste the meat during the cooking operation. vAnother important function of these doors, O D D E, is by opening some or all of them to regulate or check the cooking operation, as becomes necessary.' F is a. removable pan placed in the bottom of the oven to receive the drippings. G represents a continuoun bar, to which, at g g, hangers, Grl vGrl are rigidly attached, and which, at G2, forms a handle by which the frame is operated. The hangers G are slotted` at-their lower ends to forni bear-y ings for the trunnions of the broiler or spit. H is the broiler, which is composed of two wire frames or leaves hinged together at L 7i, between which the meat is held by one oi'the links, jz'l, being placed over the hook, 7l?. One of the frames is studded with pointed projections, h3, which, by piercing the meat, conduct heat.. to itsl interior, and serve also to prevent .it from slipping, and with two or more longer projections, which serve as guards o r stops to prevent the meat-slipping or being accidentally placed between the hinged edges ofthe frames. lhe other frame is provided. with trunnions, h5, which have their bearings in the slots inthe lower1 ends of the hangers Gl. One of the trunnions h5 is provided with a slotted disk, I, which has a handle, z', by which vthe broiler is turned, it being held in any desired position by inserting the pin K', through one ofthe slots, into the hole g in the hanger. L, iig. 5, is a spit, which is substituted for the broilerJII-for roasting purposes. It is supported between the hangers the same as the broiler, and is rotated and held in the sanne manner asit. The handle G2, by which the frame is moved nearer or farther frointhe re, as desired, is held in any desired position by means of a notched plate, M, which is hinged tothe upright projection N on top ofthe oven, as shown in fig. 3. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the pivoted frame G Grl G2 and hinged notched plate,M, for supporting the revolving broiler or spit at any desired distance from the lire, substantially as described.

2.' The combined arrangement, in connection with the foregoing, of the oven B, ofthe liap C, and doors D, D, and'E, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

M. E. A. W. EVARI). Witnesses:

Guo. R. linnn, i R. I. C. 'JIHoMPs/on.- 

